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Military Life: The Psychology of Serving in Peace and Combat [Four Volumes] ( Praeger Security International Multi-volume )
Release Date: 2005-12-30
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With global commitments and combat duty, our armed forces face life-threatening challenges on a daily basis. However, less visible threats also impact the mental health of our military men and women. Experts examine challenges on the battlefield, such as women coming to terms with life after being a prisoner of war, or soldiers dealing with mistakenly killing civilians. But life in the armed forces presents less dramatic, daily challenges. Away from the front lines, soldiers have to raise their families, sometimes as single parents. Children have to learn what it's like to be in a military family and to make sense of war. Gay or lesbian officers cope with a "don't ask, don't tell" policy. An unprecedented range of contributors--military officers, medical doctors, psychologists, psychiatrists, and professors--take us onto the bases and the battlefields and inside the minds of military personnel who face far greater challenges than most of us ever see in the headlines. These volumes also highlight factors that make members of the military resilient and stable, as well as programs and practices that can ease the psychological burdens of military personnel, families, and children. Readers can better understand how society views our military and military operations, and how each one of us can play a role in supporting our armed forces.
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For any serious military history library! ( donovan569 )
The four volumes of MILITARY LIFE: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SERVING IN PEACE AND CONFLICT are a powerful addition to any military collection, with each volume providing in-depth details on military performance, stress, family relationships and internal culture. MILITARY PERFORMANCE tackles a range of issues from decision-making and command structure to military morale, group cohesion, and responses to terrorism. OPERATIONAL STRESS surveys combat stress, captivity issues, the role of military chaplains and mental prowess under combat conditions. THE MILITARY FAMILY considers spouses, single parents, and dual-military marriages as chapters focus on research relating to typical conflicts. MILITARY CULTURE is a broad-ranging examination which surveys everything from the changing role of women in the military to issues of courage, quality of life among personnel, life under wartime conditions, and more. Each volume provides a scholarly analysis backed by research and reference notes, includes extensive quotes from journalist and research source materials, and analyze rationales, assumptions, and changing experience. An essential set for any serious military collection.
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